The National Council of State,after rising from deliberations on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan would handover the ‘instruments of office’ to President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, May 28, 2015
The National Council of State also assured that Nigeria would not be challenged again by insurgents as experienced in the past three years as the Nigerian military has been so equipped to take charge of its territory.
Briefing State House correspondents after the council meeting, Governor of Niger State, Mr Babangida Aliyu and his Benue State counterpart, Mr Gabriel Suswan, said the initial poor responses to the security challenges had been as a result of ill equipping the military.
A meeting of the Nigeria Police Council, was also convened immediately after the National Council of State meeting, the council confirmed Solomon Arase as the substantive Inspector-General of Police.
